What you get
Your own Linux server, any stack.
Every EmpathyHost plan is your own Ubuntu server with full root access, in the region you choose. Run WordPress, Node, Laravel, Python or Docker on it.
Free SSL, daily backups and free migration, on every plan.
What every plan includes
Your own hosting account
An account that is yours, with your own login. Checkout creates it.
Your own Linux server
Not shared hosting. An Ubuntu server that belongs to your account, with full root access, SSH and SFTP.
Region of your choice
Pick the region when you create the server.
Free SSL
A certificate for every site, issued and renewed at no extra cost.
Daily backups
Your sites are backed up every day, with one-click restore.
Free migration
We move your existing site across at no charge.
USD, monthly, cancel any time
One price, billed monthly in US dollars. Stop whenever you like.
People who answer
Message us on WhatsApp and a person from the EmpathyHost team writes back.
What hardware runs my server?
Your server deploys on Vultr cloud infrastructure with Intel Xeon processors with built-in AI acceleration (Intel DL Boost), in the region you choose when you create the server. Each plan sets the RAM, vCPU and bandwidth; the operating system is Ubuntu.
| Plan | RAM | vCPU | Bandwidth |
|---|---|---|---|
| One website | 1 GB | 1 | 1 TB |
| Two websites | 2 GB | 2 | 3 TB |
| Five websites | 4 GB | 2 | 3 TB |
What's in your account?
Everything below is in your account on every plan. Root on the server means the rest is your call.
Server
Ubuntu with full root
Your own Linux server. Root access, SSH and SFTP.
Site isolation
A separate system user per site, so projects stay out of each other's way.
Cron jobs
Schedule anything from your account.
Server cloning
Copy a whole server when you want to start the next one from a known state.
Stacks
NGINX or OpenLiteSpeed
Pick the web server. PHP version is set per site.
WordPress and WooCommerce
One click, with WP-CLI on the server.
Laravel
PHP apps beside your sites.
Node.js and Next.js
Pick the Node version. Process manager and reverse proxy come pre-configured.
Python
As a service or in a container.
Static sites
Plain HTML from any generator.
Docker
Compose or a Dockerfile. Multi-container, APIs, background workers, AI and ML workloads.
React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Nuxt
Static builds served by NGINX, or Node for server rendering. Push from git and the build runs on the server.
Lovable and the other AI builders
Sync the project to GitHub, connect the repo, push. Same as any other project.
Databases and caching
MySQL and MariaDB
On the server.
PostgreSQL, Redis and Valkey, MongoDB, ClickHouse
One-click apps.
Vector and search
pgvector, Qdrant, Meilisearch and Typesense, one click each.
Supabase
Self-hosted on your server, one click.
Caching
NGINX FastCGI full-page cache and Redis object cache.
Deploy and test
git integration
Push to a branch and the build and restart run for you. One-click deploy, branch control, rollback.
Staging
Push a site to staging, test, pull it back live.
Free test domain
Show a site before your real domain points at it.
WP-CLI
The WordPress command line, on the server.
Code Server
VS Code in the browser, one click.
Backups
Daily backups
Automated, incremental and full, local and remote, with one-click restore.
Security
Free SSL
Issued and renewed for every site.
Firewall and Fail2Ban
A firewall and brute-force protection on every server.
Security patching
The platform keeps the operating system patched.
Monitoring
Real-time health
RAM, CPU and disk, with alerts.
Mail delivery and mailboxes
Transactional email delivery and hosted mailboxes, as add-ons.
One-click apps
Apps in the catalog
n8n, Activepieces, Mautic, Listmonk, Ghost, Discourse, Wiki.js, BookStack, Nextcloud, Gitea, Uptime Kuma, Grafana, Prometheus, Umami, Matomo, Metabase, Plane, Penpot, Vaultwarden, Chatwoot, Keycloak, Appsmith, Hoppscotch, SearXNG and more.
AI and agents
Ollama, Open WebUI, LibreChat
One click each. Run models and chat UIs on your own server.
Agent hosting
Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw and Hermes, running next to your site.
MCP server and Agent Skills
So your agents can operate the account: create a site, pull a backup, check server health.
Run your agents and automations next to your site, on hardware that is yours to configure.
How does it work?
Step 1: Choose a plan and create your account
Pick One, Two or Five websites. Checkout creates your own account, and you get a welcome email with everything you need to sign in.
Step 2: Create your server and pick the region
In your account, create a server and choose where it lives. From then on it is your server, root and all.
Step 3: Add what you are building
Install WordPress with one click, deploy a Node or Laravel app from git, bring a Docker Compose file, or tell us where your existing site lives and we move it across for free.
Start with your own server.
Pick a plan and create your account. If you would rather talk it through first, we are one message away.